Gorgeous day at Luther Burbank's Goldridge Farm in Sebastopol picking Chinese Quince. This historical garden usually doesn't allow picking, but they've got a bumper crop of Chinese Quince this year, and are selling some to raise money for the Western Sonoma County Historical Society, which runs the Goldridge Farm site. I'll be donating two bottles of my Chinese Quince aperitif to this fine organization: the first as a gift for their volunteer of the year and another for their raffle in April. And of course, starting in December, you can get your own Chinese Quince and Star Anise aperitif at the Sonoma Aperitif tasting room in Penngrove!